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1. [$$] CH Energy Slips; Abaxis Shares Soar (at The Wall Street Journal)

CH Energy Slips; Abaxis Shares Soar U.S. small-capitalization stocks traded in a tight range and both benchmark indexes closed out July with gains of more than 6% and posted their first monthly gain since April.

2. [$$] Merck Throws Dow for a Loss (at The Wall Street Journal)

Merck Throws Dow for a Loss In the final session of the market s best month in a year, blue-chip stocks fell slightly as data showed U.S. economic growth slowed in the second quarter while Merck s sales disappointed.

3. S&P 500 and Dow Have Best Monthly Gains in a Year (at CNBC)

US stocks posted their best monthly performance of the year, led by the Dow Jones Industrial Average with a gain of 7.1%. Within the S&P 500 sectors, industrial and material companies rose the most in July.

4. Stocks: Best monthly gain in a year (at CNNMoney.com)

Major indexes end flat Friday, but post the first monthly rise since April.

5. Pops & Drops: Arch Coal, Teradyne... (at CNBC)

Following are the week s biggest movers. Find out why shares of Arch Coal and Teradyne popped while Netflix and Eastman Kodak dropped.

6. Stocks Finish Up Over 7% for Month of July (at CNBC)

Stocks ended relatively flat Friday after a disappointing GDP report but the Dow logged its best month in a year, rising more than 7 percent.

7. Stocks end July with big gain; Dow gains 7.1 pct (AP)

Stocks had a fitting end to a choppy July as prices seesawed their way to a narrowly mixed finish. The market still had its best month in a year.

8. Will August Bring Market Gains Similar To July? (at CNBC)

On Friday, the market closed out its best month in a year with the Dow, Nasdaq and S&P all posting 7% gains for the month. Now how about August?

9. Growth fears leave Wall Street flat (at Financial Times)

Wall Street finished flat on Friday after spending most of the day in negative territory because of concerns about the slowing rate of economic growth.

10. U.S. stocks end July with strong gains (MarketWatch)

Markets stage a late rally to push into the positive ahead of the close, bucking a slowdown in second-quarter economic growth.

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